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Proctor, four from class of 2002 headed to Hall of Fame

Long-time women’s basketball coach Amy Proctor and four athletes from the class of 2002 will be inducted into the Lawrence University Intercollegiate Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 5.

Proctor is joined by wrestler Andy Kazik, hockey and soccer star Tom Conti, dominating swimmer Daniel Hurley and soccer standout Megan Tiemann.

Amy Proctor

A native of Green Bay, Wis., Amy Proctor resurrected the Lawrence women’s basketball program and no basketball coach has won more games with the Vikings.

Proctor served as the head women’s basketball coach for 19 seasons from 1988 to 2007 and compiled a record of 247-192 for a .563 winning percentage. Proctor won two Midwest Conference championships, one Lake Michigan Conference championship and her teams made one NCAA Division III Tournament appearance.

Proctor took over a program that had seen its season canceled in 1987-88 and immediately led the squad to the 1989 Lake Michigan Conference title. The Vikings followed that by winning the Midwest Conference title in 1990. Lawrence won the Midwest Conference championship again in 1999 and played in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Proctor was named Midwest Conference Coach of the Year in 1999.

Proctor’s teams won a school-record 19 games in 1992-93 and matched that mark again in 2005-06. The Vikings had 14 winning seasons and 16 seasons of .500 or better in Proctor’s 19 years at the helm. Lawrence also qualified for the four-team Midwest Conference Tournament 12 times under Proctor.

When Proctor first came to Lawrence, she also served as head volleyball coach. She coached the Vikings for five seasons (1988-92) and had a record of 56-82. Proctor had two winning seasons and the team set a school record with 18 victories in 1992, a mark that stood until 2001.

Proctor also served as director of athletics from 1993-99 and oversaw a transformation of the coaching staff. Proctor hired John Tharp to guide the men’s basketball program and Kim Tatro to coach the softball and volleyball squads. Proctor also expanded the coaching staff to allow men’s and women’s soccer and hockey to have full-time coaches.

Proctor retired from college coaching in 2007 and now works as a commercial lines underwriter at Secura Insurance.

Tom Conti ’02

Tom Conti starred on the pitch and the ice for the Vikings.

For the Lawrence hockey team, Conti scored goals. For the Lawrence soccer team, Conti stopped the opposition from scoring.

A forward on the hockey team, Conti was the school’s career scoring leader with 89 points when he graduated. Conti’s 40 goals and 49 assists also made him the career leader when his career was complete.

An All-Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association selection in 2002, Conti set Lawrence records with nine points and seven assists in the same game against Illinois Benedictine College back in 1998. A team captain, Conti set school season records with 29 points and 19 assists in 1998-99.

A defender for the soccer team, Conti spearheaded the Lawrence defense for four seasons. A three-time All-Midwest Conference selection (1999, 2000, 2001), Conti was at the forefront of the renaissance of the men’s soccer program under head coach Blake Johnson. Conti also earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Central Region honors in 2001.

Conti won Lawrence’s Outstanding Freshman Athletic Award for Men and also earned the Iden Charles Champion Cup. In addition, Conti was one of four finalists for the Hockey Humanitarian Award.

A stellar student, Conti was a CoSIDA four-time Academic All-Midwest Collegiate Hockey Association selection. He earned the maximum of three Academic All-Midwest Conference selections and was a two-time Academic All-District 5 selection.

A native of Atlanta, Ga., Conti is a software developer at Epic Systems and lives in Monona, Wis.

Daniel Hurley ’02

I guess you could say Daniel Hurley is a perfectionist.

The native of St. Phillip’s, Newfoundland, went 12-for-12 in individual races at the Midwest Conference Championships and was named the league’s Swimmer of the Year three times. Hurley never lost an individual race at the Midwest Conference Championships and led Lawrence to the 2000 team title. Hurley finished his career with 17 conference titles, earning five relay crowns to go with the 12 individual titles.

Hurley won the 1,650-yard freestyle, 500 freestyle and 400 individual medley to go along with being on the winning 800 freestyle relay and 200 medley relay teams at the 1999 Midwest Conference Championships. Lawrence won the team title in 2000, and Hurley won his first of three consecutive Midwest Conference Swimmer of the Year awards. He again won 1,650 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 400 IM and also swam on the winning 400 freestyle relay and 800 freestyle relay teams.

Hurley took home individual titles in the 500 freestyle and 400 IM but added his first crown in the 200 butterfly at the 2001 Midwest Conference Championships. He also was part of the winning 400 freestyle relay team on his way to winning Swimmer of the Year honors. Hurley swept the same three races (200 butterfly, 400 IM, 500 freestyle) at the 2002 Midwest Conference Championships on his way to his third consecutive Swimmer of the Year award.

Hurley set Midwest Conference records in 500 freestyle (4:41.01), 1,000 freestyle (9:51.40) and 1,650 freestyle (16:29.69). He also set Midwest Conference Championships records in 500 freestyle (4:41.01), 1,000 freestyle (9:51.40), 1,650 freestyle (16:29.69) and 400 IM (4:10.44). Hurley also continues to hold Lawrence records in the 500 freestyle, 1,000 freestyle, 1,650 freestyle and 800 freestyle relay.

Hurley also is a 12-time Wisconsin Private College Championship champion (four titles in 2002, three in 2001, three in 2000, two in 1999) and helped the Vikings win the team title in 1999, 2000 and 2002.

An outstanding student as well, Hurley earned the maximum of three Academic All-Midwest Conference selections. He also was named a NCAA Postgraduate Scholar.

Hurley is a postdoctoral psychology resident at the Washington State University Psychology Clinic and lives in Moscow, Idaho.

Andy Kazik ’02

Andy Kazik stands alone atop the podium of Lawrence wrestling because behind his name are the words “national champion.”

The native of De Pere, Wis., became the only Lawrence wrestler to win a NCAA Division III title when he won the crown at 184 pounds in 2002.

A two-time All-American, Kazik compiled a career record of 129-18, and that is good for second on the Lawrence career wins list. His career .878 winning percentage ranks fourth all-time, but it is first among wrestlers with at least 50 victories.

A three-time qualifier for the NCAA Division III Championships, Kazik completed a 40-0 season in 2002 by winning the national title. He defeated Augsburg College’s Ricky Crone 4-2 in the national title match. Kazik’s 40-0 record ranks first in season winning percentage and is the third-most wins in a season.

Kazik finished 41-4 in 2000-01 and earned All-America honors for the first time when he finished third at 184 pounds at the NCAA Championships. Kazik and teammate Ross Mueller both finished third at the NCAA Championships in 2001, and the Vikings finished 10th in the team standings, the highest finish ever by a Lawrence team at the national meet. Kazik’s 41 wins in 2000-01 is the second-highest season total in Lawrence history.

As a sophomore in 1999-2000, Kazik went 32-6 and qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time. Kazik, who ranks eighth on the Lawrence list with 22 pins, began his career with a 16-8 mark as a freshman in 1998-99.

Kazik also played football in the 2002 season, started at linebacker and led the team with 89 tackles.

Kazik lives in De Pere and is an outside sales representative at McJunkin Red Man Corp., in Appleton.

Megan Tiemann ’02

Megan Tiemann was the offensive force that powered Lawrence women’s soccer to the top of the Midwest Conference.

A forward for the Vikings, Tiemann was a two-time Midwest Conference Player of the Year and four-time all-conference selection. Tiemann led the Vikings to two Midwest Conference Tournament titles and the 2000 Midwest Conference championship.

A native of Kent, Wash., Tiemann graduated as Lawrence’s career leader with 55 goals, 25 assists and 135 points.

Tiemann scored 17 goals and had five assists for 39 points on her way to being named Midwest Conference Player of the Year in 1998. The Vikings finished 11-6-1 and went 7-1-1 in the conference that season. Tiemann was a first-team all-conference selection in 1999 as she scored 17 goals and had 10 assists for 44 points in 1999. The Vikings advanced to the Midwest Conference Tournament championship game in both 1998 and 1999.

Tiemann scored both goals, including the game-winner in the third overtime, in the 2000 Midwest Conference Tournament championship game. In leading Lawrence to its first Midwest Conference championship, Tiemann scored eight goals and had five assists for 21 points and was a first-team all-conference pick for the 2000 season. The Vikings also played in the NCAA Division III Tournament for the first time in 2000.

Tiemann was named the 2001 Midwest Conference Player of the Year when she scored 13 goals and had five assists for 31 points. Lawrence won a school-record 13 games, and Tiemann scored the only goal in the Vikings’ 1-0 win over St. Norbert College in the title game at the Midwest Conference Tournament.

Lawrence became the first Midwest Conference team to host, and win, a NCAA Division III Tournament game when the Vikings beat Aurora University 2-1 in 2001. Tiemann scored both goals in Lawrence’s victory.

Tiemann lives in Washington, D.C., and is a sergeant with the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department.

 

Koula earns All-North Region selection

Lawrence University women’s soccer star Mallory Koula has been named to the All-North Region Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Koula (Appleton, Wis./Kimberly) was a third-team selection.

It’s yet another honor for Koula, who capped her Lawrence career by earning Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors. A three-time All-Midwest Conference selection, this is Koula’s first all-region honor.

Koula finished the season with 20 goals and five assists for 45 points. She set Lawrence career records with 63 goals and 142 points despite playing only three seasons with the Vikings.

Koula finished first in the Midwest Conference with 16 goals and 1.78 goals per game. She also was first in the league with four game-winning goals. Koula also led the league with 34 points and 3.78 points per game.

Koula broke the NCAA record for the fastest three consecutive goals by a player and a team. She scored three times in a span of only 42 seconds in Lawrence’s 6-1 victory over Beloit College. The individual record was 1:07 and the team mark was 52 seconds.

Koula led Lawrence to a berth in the Midwest Conference Tournament for the third consective season. Lawrence finished the 2011 season with a 7-11-1 record and a 5-3-1 mark in conference play.

Koula named Offensive Player of the Year; Onan gets second-team honors

Lawrence University women’s soccer star Mallory Koula was named the Midwest Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Year.

Koula (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly), a senior forward, was joined on the all-conference team by senior defender Alyssa Onan (Grafton, Wis./Cedarburg), who was a second-team selection.

Koula’s choice as the league’s top offensive player caps a prolific career and was her third consecutive first-team all-conference selection. Koula finished the conference season with 16 goals and two assists for 34 points in nine games.

Koula finished first in the conference with 16 goals and 1.78 goals per game. She also was first in the league with four game-winning goals. Koula also led the league with 34 points and 3.78 points per game.

Koula broke the NCAA record for the fastest three consecutive goals by a player and a team. She scored three times in a span of only 42 seconds in Lawrence’s 6-1 victory over Beloit College. The individual record was 1:07 and the team mark was 52 seconds.

Koula is the first Lawrence player to win the Offensive Player of the Year award since its inception in 2004. Forward Megan Tiemann was the MWC Player of the Year in 1998, and goalkeeper Katie Wilkin won Player of the Year honors in 2002.

Koula finished the season with 20 goals and five assists for 45 points. She set Lawrence career records with 63 goals and 142 points despite playing only three seasons with the Vikings.

Onan was chosen for the all-conference team for the first time after directing the Lawrence defense. The Vikings allowed only 1.9 goals per game in conference play and posted shutouts against Lake Forest College and Carroll University.

Lawrence finished in fourth place in the Midwest Conference with a 5-3-1 mark and qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament for the third consecutive season.

Koula earns Academic All-District honors

Lawrence University women’s soccer standout Mallory Koula has been chosen for the Capital One Academic All-District 6 Team.

Koula (Kimberly, Wis./Kimberly), a senior forward, was a first-team selection.

Koula recently completed a stellar playing career with the Vikings. In three seasons at Lawrence, Koula scored a school-record 63 goals. She also broke the school’s career points record with 142. Koula also ranks sixth with 16 assists. Koula led the Vikings to the 2010 Midwest Conference Tournament title and a berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament. Koula and the Vikings also qualified for the 2011 MWC Tournament.

Koula also is an All-MWC and Academic All-MWC selection. A biochemistry major, Koula has a 3.85 grade point average.

Koula is a member of the Dean’s List at Lawrence and did research in the summer of 2011 at the Mayo Clinic as part of Lawrence’s LU-R1 program. Koula also has been involved in the Friends of Jaclyn program, which pair seriously ill children with college sports teams. The Lawrence women’s soccer team adopted Hannah Sherwood, a third-grade student from Neenah, Wis. Koula also helps coach junior varsity soccer at Kimberly High School.

This marks the third consecutive year a Lawrence women’s soccer player has been chosen for the Academic All-District 6 Team. Sarah Ehlinger was selected in 2009 and 2010.

Green Knights top Lawrence in MWC Tournament semifinals

DE PERE, Wis. — The St. Norbert College women’s soccer team broke a tie late in the first half and went on to a 4-1 victory over Lawrence University in the semifinals of the Midwest Conference Tournament.

The Green Knights had jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Katherine Larson’s goal at 28:09, but it took the Vikings only 2:23 to answer back. Freshman Keli Muchowski scored off a pass from Mallory Koula on a breakaway to tie the game at 1-1 at 30:32.

St. Norbert took the lead for good on Katie Vanden Avond’s penalty kick in the 39th minute. The Green Knights then added goals in the 67th and 72nd minutes to seal the victory.

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Inside LU Athletics: Soccer teams shooting for MWC Tournament titles

It didn’t take long for history to repeat itself.

The 2010 season marked the first time that both the Lawrence University men’s and women’s soccer teams had qualified for the Midwest Conference Tournament in the same year. Both teams are back in their respective four-team tournaments this fall.

The Lawrence men are the No. 2 seed and face third-seeded Beloit in a 1:30 p.m. semifinal on Friday in Waukesha. Top seed Carroll faces Lake Forest in the other semifinal. The winners meet on Saturday for the title and an automatic berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Lawrence women enter as the fourth seed and play top seed St. Norbert at 2 p.m. in De Pere. Carroll and Grinnell face off in the other semifinal, and the winners meet Saturday for the title and the automatic bid.

It didn’t look like the Lawrence men would be playing in the postseason after a rough start to the season.

“It’s more a factor of the kids persevering,” Lawrence men’s coach Blake Johnson said. “When you start 0-6 on the season, the mental side of things could take a turn for the worse. To their credit, they did not allow that to happen. We made some tactical changes midway through the season, and that has helped to put some players in their comfort zone on the field.”

Lawrence (7-9-1, 6-2-1 MWC) got that first win of the season back on Sept. 18 when the Vikings beat Lakeland. Lawrence, playing in the MWC Tournament for the third time in four years, then opened conference play with a win over Grinnell. The Vikings have really hit their stride over the last five matches with a 4-0-1 record. One of the games in that stretch was a 2-1 overtime win over Friday’s opponent, Beloit.

“It’s a funny thing, but after that first win, I think it helped the kids believe. From a mental side of things, it helped the kids believe they could compete,” Johnson said.

“With each passing game, there was confidence building and believing in themselves, in the unit and in the team. I would say that we are playing our best soccer of the season right now. That’s a good spot to be in heading into the tournament.”

Everything fell into place during the regular season’s final weekend to allow the Lawrence women to make the tournament for the third consecutive season. Ripon needed a win at Grinnell to get into the tournament, but the Red Hawks lost. Lawrence went out the next day and won at Illinois College to claim the final spot.

Lawrence (7-10-1) tied for fourth place with Monmouth with a 5-3-1 record, but a 3-2 overtime win over the Scots gave the Vikings the tiebreaker.

“I knew that it would be tight to get that fourth spot,” Lawrence women’s coach Lisa Sammons said. “Ultimately that win at Monmouth set us up. I’m just happy to be back in it.

“When we lost to Ripon, I had to really pick the team back up. Once we won the game in overtime against Monmouth, the goal we created at the beginning of the season was back within reach.”

Lawrence won the 2010 MWC Tournament as the No. 3 seed so the Vikings enter the tournament a bit undaunted. Lawrence lost tight matches to both St. Norbert and Grinnell and tied Carroll during the regular season.

“It was a pretty evenly matched game, and I think we are a better team now than when we played St. Norbert (in the regular season),” Sammons said.

One of the reasons Sammons believes the Vikings are better now is that they aren’t simply relying on star forward Mallory Koula, who has 20 goals on the season. Koula scored five of Lawrence’s six goals in last year’s MWC  Tournament.

“It’s a combination of everyone working together and not everyone just waiting for Mallory to score,” Sammons said.

“Because of how many new players we have, the majority of them haven’t experienced winning the tournament. The upperclassmen were telling stories about how awesome it was to get to the NCAA Tournament and that you don’t have to be the top seed to win it.”

Rivalry renewed

The state’s oldest college football rivalry is renewed on Saturday when Lawrence travels to Ripon. The teams are meeting for the 111th time when they kick off at 1 p.m. at Ingalls Field.

Ripon has dominated the rivalry in recent seasons and looks to keep the Doehling-Heselton Memorial Trophy for the 12th consecutive year. Lawrence hasn’t beaten the Red Hawks since a 25-22 win back in 1999.

Editor’s Note: Inside LU Athletics is a weekly notes package written by Lawrence University Sports Information Director Joe Vanden Acker. It will feature teams and individual players, recap weekly awards or highlights and take a look at what’s ahead for the Vikings.

Vikings clinch MWC Tournament berth with win over Lady Blues

JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Mallory Koula scored a pair of goals, and the Lawrence University women’s soccer team beat Illinois College 3-1 on Sunday to earn a berth in the Midwest Conference Tournament.

Lawrence, the 2010 MWC Tournament champion, will play host St. Norbert College in the semifinals on Friday. The win, coupled with Ripon College’s loss at Grinnell College on Saturday, gave the Vikings the final spot in the tournament.

Lawrence (7-10-1, 5-3-1 MWC) fell behind after giving up a goal in the third minute. The Vikings rebounded quickly when Koula took a pass from Cadence Peckham and scored at the 8:12 mark.

Koula then scored what proved to be the game-winner just 2:56 into the second half to give Lawrence a 2-1 edge. The Vikings added another goal on Ellie Galvin’s penalty kick at 54:13.

Cassie Burke made eight saves to pick up the win for the Vikings.

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Koula scores twice as Vikings shut out Lake Forest

Mallory Koula scored twice as the Lawrence University women’s soccer team posted a 2-0 Midwest Conference victory over Lake Forest College on Sunday at Whiting Field West.

The Vikings improved to 4-3-1 in Midwest Conference play and kept alive their hopes for a berth in the four-team league tournament. Lawrence won the 2010 MWC Tournament.

Koula gave the Vikings the lead early when she scored at 7:53. Keli Muchowski played the ball ahead to Jennifer Angeli, who fed Koula. Koula beat goalkeeper Bri Schleibinger for her 17th goal of the season.

Koula made it 3-0 at 32:07 when she took a pass from Muchowski and scored again. The goal gave Koula 137 points for her career, which broke the Lawrence record. Megan Tiemann, who played from 1998-2001, held the record at 135.

Cassie Burke made four saves to pick up the victory.

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Koula’s hat trick powers Lawrence past Knox

Mallory Koula recorded a natural hat trick to lead the Lawrence University women’s soccer team to a 5-3 Midwest Conference victory over Knox College on Saturday at Whiting Field West.

Koula scored three times in the first half to help stake Lawrence to a 4-1 lead at the break. Koula, a senior forward, now has 16 goals on the season.

Lawrence got on the board in the sixth minute when Jennifer Angeli settled a cross that got past Knox goalkeeper Emily Turner and put it in the back of the net.

Koula then got her first goal at the 23:56 mark off passes from Angeli and Natalie Wolf. After a quick goal from Knox, Koula countered with two goals in a span of less than three minutes late in the first half.

Koula scored at the 40:08 mark and then scored again at 42:39 after a short goal kick to give Lawrence a commanding lead at the break.

Sarah Tiano scored her first collegiate goal just 37 seconds into the second half to give Lawrence a 5-1 lead. The Prairie Fire added a pair of late goals to narrow the margin.

Cassie Burke made only one save in 75-plus minutes 0f action to earn the win for Lawrence.

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Soccer teams to Play for the Cure this weekend

The Lawrence University men’s and women’s soccer teams are using this weekend’s matches to Play for the Cure.

Lawrence hosts Knox College at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, and the Vikings host Lake Forest College at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Sunday. All matches are played at Whiting Field West.

Play for the Cure is a Midwest Conference initiative to promote awareness for early detection of cancer and raise funds dedicated to cancer research and prevention. Funds raised this weekend by the Lawrence soccer teams will be donated to the Fox Valley Brain Coalition.

T-shirt sales and 50/50 raffles are planned for the matches.